Talk:Cross-gender acting

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Is "Cross-gender acting" the correct term? --Bensin (talk) 04:35, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Notice a pattern?
Whoever constructed and populated the list of examples, they assigned to each a "role" chosen from one of three: "comedic," "dramatic," or left blank.


 * The only role assigned to female-to-male characters was "dramatic."
 * Of the male-to-female characters, only one was labeled "dramatic" (and that one apparently needed a citation, lest it be not believed), while the only designation used for the rest was "comedic."
 * Then there were examples of both types of crossed gender that did not have the "role" column filled in. Leaving those aside from the discussion.

I'm aware that the obvious pattern here amounts to little more than OR without a citation. So I'm wondering if a study has been done on this matter; I suspect that such studies must have been published at some time or other, and I'd say it requires taking note of in the article. Does anyone know of such a citation source? Nellie Kane (talk) 16:50, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Elliot Page
Since Elliot Page has come out as trans, does this make his previous acting roles instances of cross-gender acting? If so we should add them; if not we should at least add a clarification (as Page at least publicly identified as female when the movies were made). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.17.146.144 (talk) 21:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No, we don't need to include those roles, because that's covered by the lead paragraph which says, "Cross-gender acting refers to actors or actresses portraying a character of the opposite gender. It is distinct from both transgender and cross-dressing character roles." (Emphasis added.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Suggestions
Sorry for not doing it myself, but I'm really bad at editing wiki without spoiling the code. Anyway I think that Polish movie Sexmission should be removed, because while Michnikowski's character is believed to be a woman throughout the film, it's revealed in the end that he is in fact a man hiding his identity to protect himself. So he plays cross-dressing man, not a woman.

On the other hand in 2004 Polish film My Nikifor actress Krystyna Feldman plays famous naive painter Nikifor Krynicki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.112.12.54 (talk) 06:09, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire is listed under the meta examples. I'm unsure if this movies should be listed as a meta example of cross-gender acting. Robin Williams' character dresses as a woman in this film, but not on stage, television or film. Therefore I think this is just an example of cross-dressing in film and not a meta example of cross-gender acting. Otherwise, all film characters who dress like the other gender to e.g. mislead another character would qualify for this category. Clausule (talk) 23:19, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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Katarina Karnéus and Sarah Bernhardt
Katarina Karnéus and Sarah Bernhardt appear in illustrations. Shouldn't they be mentioned in the text as well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcljlm (talk • contribs) 01:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Male-only performance cultures
Hi everyone! I don't think it's overly helpful to organize this article in terms of male-only and women-as-men, particularly because many cultures (like China) had both at the same time. Mentions of groups like the Takarazuka Revue get buried in the male-only section in this case. I think dividing it by culture or genre is more useful. NominallyNaomi (talk) 05:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)